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Pretty Hookbill face! :love

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Thank you very much! - I was in dire need of something cute! Tried to install my new laser-printer today and no longer feel like an IT-professional but …

@Pyxis i know you're busy, but do you have some more Hookbill pictures, pleeeease! ;)

Well, if i would not know that they're Hookbills, i would just think they were cute ducklings with a wonky bill. But ducklings grow soooo fast… Enjoy the time when they all come running at you, all too soon you will become the »axe-murderess« and they will run from you as fast as they can.

Not this time: Those ducks were very hard workers, they had to keep the channels through the country (aka as "Grachten" or "Kanaalen") free from vegetation and pests like mosquito larvae during the day and produce eggs for the public during the night. The Dutch Hookbill was known as the most...

Good point! - Or maybe not: Maybe their bills are so ever slightly different that our inferior humon eyes can't see it. - Anyways, the Dutch would not have bred a duck breed with hatching difficulties 200 years ago, would they? I mean during that time people had more important tasks to do than...

Good Grief! The Goslings are already so much larger than the ducklings!

The rumors from the Netherlands say that the Hookbill was bred from or with Indian Runner ducks…

Love the third picture! - They look like sitting at the bar. :love

And That is exactly what i hear about the Dutch Hookbill over and over again: They develop normal and are not able to hatch without assistance… @Pyxis could that have something to do with the curved bill itself or is that a sign of genetic degeneration due to not enough variance?

Your picture is a bit blurry, but i think i see some bent bills already. :love

Pictures! - Or it has not happened! ;):lau

Congratulations! :thumbsup:celebrate:wee🎉🎊🥳 That is so awesome! These ducklings could not be in better hands than yours. You are the Hatchi Wan Kenobi! And the hatching problems are the reason why Metzer Farms gave up on the Dutch Hookbill. I have an e-mail from John Metzer in which he says...

@Pyxis are you planning to let them imprint on you?

Can't wait to see them! :jumpy Hope everything goes well! :fl

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Definitely HookBills! @Pyxis i can't wait to see your little `Hookies' too! And, yes, sorry for taking over your thread!

Well remember: The Hookbill Duck was once producing the staple-food for the working in the Netherlands. In the end those eggs are nothing sacred, just eggs. And dux-eggs are yummy!!